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AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PAC

96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Quarterly filerC00832501

Overview

Raised: $1.3Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $833.7Kvs $861.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $924.8Kvs $426.1K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ALME, KURTRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ALME FOR SENATE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MT00295 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$87.1K
Other committees$327.5K

Largest itemized receipts

PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$86.2KJun 30, 2026
PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$75.1KFeb 28, 2025
PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$55.4KMar 31, 2026
PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUND99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassified

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$576.2K
Contributions to committees$257.5K

Largest disbursements

NRSC$105KPOLITICAL CONTRIBUTION: $15,000 GENERAL, $45,000 LEGAL, $45,000 BUILDING · Jan 31, 2025
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$33.5KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 17, 2026
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$28.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Nov 14, 2025
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$26KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · May 12, 2026
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$13.2KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jan 27, 2026
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$12.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 25, 2026
FUNDRAISING, INC.$12.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 30, 2025
SOCKO STRATEGIES LLC$8,846FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Nov 19, 2025
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$8,183COMPLIANCE CONSULTING / POSTAGE · Nov 19, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$5,000	$0
Feb 25	$75,072	$0
Mar 25	$63,520	$20,000
May 25	$47,720	$0
Jun 25	$57,798	$0
Jul 25	$2,500	$0
Aug 25	$7,500	-$5,000
Sep 25	$118,785	$30,000
Oct 25	$36,947	$2,500
Nov 25	$24,247	-$5,000
Dec 25	$73,901	$30,000
Jan 26	$26,173	$105,000
Feb 26	$7,435	$20,000
Mar 26	$156,259	$25,000
Apr 26	$35,536	$0
May 26	$58,289	$10,000
Jun 26	$139,636	$0

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: PEPPE, DANNY
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: RICKETTS
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 1327 H STREET · STE 101 · LINCOLN, NE, 68508

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

PETE RICKETTS VICTORY FUNDC00832949 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1905899Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
NRSC VICTORYC00837518 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1879679Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RICKETTS-SCHMITT VICTORY FUNDC00881003 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1849460Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITYC00897918 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2010870Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RICKETTS VICTORYC00961375 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2011587Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RICKETTS HINSON VICTORYC00962159 Joint fundraising participantAMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 26, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion. Observed in the FEC API; the public FEC registration page is linked for inspection.
AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACC00832501 Connected organizationRICKETTSReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classification96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassified96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from activity. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rows

AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PAC

Overview

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FEC-reported relationships

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Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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